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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what becomes of the woman that John asked to marry him?
(a) She became a nun.
(b) She left the country.
(c) She married another man.
(d) She became a cardiac surgeon.

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, when Kline picks up Bobby, why does he motion to Bobby to be silent?
(a) Kline likes to save conversation for dinner.
(b) Kline thinks his car might be bugged with audio surveillance equipment.
(c) Kline is concentrating on another missing person's case.
(d) Kline is in the middle of a conversation with someone on his carphone.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, who does the girl say made the dummy's suit?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Bobby's mother.
(c) Bobby.
(d) The girl made it herself.

4. Why does Kline that Bobby does not want to open his sister's last letter to Bobby?
(a) He knows the letter is accusatory and he cannot face accusations from his sister.
(b) Because then Bobby will know everything there is to know and the story will be over.
(c) He knows the letter will direct him to do something he does not want to do.
(d) He knows the letter is a love letter and he cannot acknowledge that love.

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the Kid want to show the girl?
(a) Some film reels.
(b) Templates from Base One.
(c) Pages from the Kid's diary.
(d) Some new chataquas.

6. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is John's father's profession?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Biographer.
(d) Country store keeper.

7. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, after his meeting with Kline, who does Bobby go searching for?
(a) Oiler's family.
(b) The missing passenger.
(c) A friend of Bobby's father.
(d) His friend Borman.

8. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the Kid initially say that the sticker says on the dummy's trunk?
(a) Phi Beta Kappa.
(b) Base One Processing.
(c) Woodsmen of The World.
(d) Progeny of Western Union.

9. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, as the dummy is being loaded back into the trunk, what name does the girl remember is the dummy's real name?
(a) Townsend.
(b) Cranston.
(c) Fletcher.
(d) Crandall.

10. In Chapter 8, what does Bobby see on the side of the road in a ditch when he is driving back from where he was during the winter?
(a) An injured dog.
(b) Several suit cases with clothing spilling out of them.
(c) A cow with a goat standing on it.
(d) A man stuck in car.

11. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the most notable thing that Bobby's father is professionally a part of during World War II?
(a) Breaking the code of the German spies.
(b) Making the atomic bomb.
(c) Designing fighter planes.
(d) Locating Hitler's secret bunker.

12. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does the girl go to the hospital?
(a) To talk to a therapist.
(b) To have an exploratory operation.
(c) To have a broken nose mended.
(d) To receive electroshock therapy.

13. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what is the dummy made out of?
(a) Glass.
(b) Clay.
(c) Wood.
(d) Metal.

14. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, who gives the girl's father the snazzy fountain pen?
(a) President truman.
(b) President Roosevelt.
(c) President Kennedy
(d) President Eisenhower.

15. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, after the girl wakes up in the recovery room, how does the Kid look?
(a) More solid than he ever looked before.
(b) Black with soot, his cloak smoking.
(c) Iridescent and barely there.
(d) He appears only as a disembodied voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl say that the Kid does to her soul?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what did Kline's parrot do in the carnival?

3. Where does Bobby go to spend the winter after talking to Kline and leaving New Orleans?

4. What is another of Bobby's nicknames for John?

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is Bobby's original major at college?

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